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Jaime (1999)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, Brazil, Luxembourg
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A woman takes her young son, leaves her husband and moves in with her lover. The boy, desperate to get his parents back together, becomes convinced that if only he can get his father's stolen motorcycle back everything will be fine again, so he sets out to get enough money to buy his father a new one.
Style:
sexual, touching, realistic, semi serious, sexy
Plot:
coming of age, nude boy, politics, pedophilia, boy, skinny dipping, stepfather stepson relationship, little boy, boyhood, school, unemployment, youth, family relations, life is a bitch, society, children, money, golf, male nudity, suicide, theft, construction, poverty, lie, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s
Place:
portugal, europe
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Most similar movies to Jaime
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about coming of age, boy, youth, family relations, little boy, friendship and parents and children mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Jaime: Along the Ridge (2006), Breach (2009), A Man's Job (2007), Crossing the Lighthouse (1999), Neighborhood (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young father and his two children struggle to find harmony after his wife leaves them for another man.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Plot:
boy, coming of age, family relations, friendship, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, siblings relations, parents and children, youth, single parent, family problems, unfaithful wife ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Recently released from jail, Andrés experiences an emotional rupture from his 12-year-old son, José Ramón, following a dark family tragedy that nobody is bold enough to confront.
Style:
erotic, independent film, hispanic, f word
Plot:
boy, coming of age, father son relationship, boyhood, nude boy, children, dream, school, english class, soccer, black cat, language learning ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong and believes a man should provide for his family. But one day Juha is fired from his job. Ashamed, he weaves a web of lies to hide the fact from his ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
prostitution, prostitute, unemployment, couples, male prostitution, family relations, male full rear nudity, sex worker, hidden identity, family problems, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
europe, finland
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two kids about ten years old meet within a very peculiar framework: both come from broken families and are in care of foster homes...
Style:
realistic, inspirational, melancholic
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, orphan, children, childhood trauma, bonding, healing, foster home, lie, empathy, secrets, identity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Set in Sicily in the 1930's, Aurelio Grimaldi's feature debut chronicles the harsh story of twelve-year-old boy, Aclà, sold into slavery by his destitute parents to work in the underground Floristella sulfur mines. Overworked and ...
Style:
political, gay cinema
Plot:
boy, pedophilia, child abuse, child molester, little boy, childhood, youth, social injustice, sex scene, boyhood, sex crime, traumatic childhood ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
sicily, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story in the vein of CITY OF GOD and KIDS - available for the first time in the U.S.!
Style:
social, hispanic, serious, realistic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, friendship between boys, juvenile delinquent, boy, little boy, dysfunctional family, suburbs, best friend, kids in trouble, friends, family relations, juvenile delinquency ...
Time:
90s
Place:
madrid, spain, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Alan and self-assured prankster Lex, reside in a downtrodden section of Glasgow, Scotland, circa 1968. But while Bobby and Alan are beginning to experience the power of raging ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, independent film, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
working class, dysfunctional family, coming of age, youth, gang, subculture, violence, artist, boy, angry, little boy, children ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century, 90s, 60s
Place:
scotland, europe, new jersey, california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Netherlands
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from ...
Style:
realistic, tense, touching, psychological, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, world war two, boy, youth, family relations, friendship, society, culture clash, working class, german history, aftermath, nordic ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two, 50s
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Áron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his mother starts to lose her health rapidly. As this happens, the man in charge decides what's best for Áron without consulting the young boy's ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, sincere, touching, art house ...
Plot:
corporal punishment, orphan, kids in trouble, children, male bonding, coming of age, life is a bitch, human spirit, juvenile delinquency, friendship, boarding school life, teenage life ...
Time:
60s, year 1960
Place:
hungary, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A charismatic leader and a high-spirited student group are on holiday in Italy. The surreal adventures of these friends are a free-flowing, four-part "multi-sensual symphony," bereft of traditional story line. One national critic described ...
Style:
art film, independent film, lighthearted, philosophical, gay cinema
Plot:
coming of age, boy, nude young male, skinny dipping, camping, teenage boy, beach, male nudity, teenager, nudity, male pubic hair, surrealism ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Ten-year-old Jojo lives with his father, a security guard with a volatile personality who drinks to manage the unspoken despair he feels about his wife's absence, which he refuses to discuss with his son. In the midst of so much uncertainty, ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, melancholic, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
parents and children, coming of age, dysfunctional family, friendship, bird, father son relationship, youth, pets, escape from reality, dishonesty, life & death, children ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, hispanic ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, single parent, obsession, family relations, society, urban ghetto, life is a bitch, family problems, parents and children, dysfunctional family, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
venezuela, south america, africa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Tunisia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this acclaimed and gripping social portrait of immoral lives in need of rescue, Igor (Jérémie Renier), aged 15, and his father Roger (Olivier Gourmet) deal in housing and peddling illicit labor in the outlying districts of Liege, Belgium. ...
Style:
sincere, slow cinema, thought provoking, art house, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, immigrant, father son relationship, youth, melancholy, existentialism, refugee, dysfunctional family, immigration, illegal immigration, teenage boy, little boy ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
antwerp, france, belgium, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set before the first Wold War in part of Poland under Austrain occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a rebellious, poetic-minded teen in the same school when the national movement toward liberation is ...
Style:
intellectual, political
Plot:
coming of age, boy, polish history, teacher, school, boarding house, tyranny, rebel, religion, male nudity, father son relationship, police ...
Time:
pre world war one
Place:
poland
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, Thailand, Laos
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set against the lush backdrop of rural Laos, this spirited drama tells the story of scrappy ten-year-old Ahlo, who yearns to break free from his ill-fated destiny. After his village is displaced to make way for a massive dam, Ahlo escapes with his ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, down on your luck, parents and children, contests and competitions, society, human spirit, friendship, family relations, post war, change of luck, boy, children ...
Place:
asia, thailand
Similarity:
20%
279
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Antoine, 13, spends the summer vacation with his parents in a rented cottage on an island in the middle of the Saint-Lawrence River. His neighbour, 17-year-old Anna, is an enigmatic and lively young woman. Antoine begins to experience the first ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Plot:
coming of age, sexual awakening, youth, teenage life, teenage love, family relations, parents and children, bittersweet, teenage boy, teenage girl, nude young male, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
It's the last summer in Falkenberg for five childhood friends. David yearns to be a child again and Holger never wants to move away. Jesper constantly returns home without anybody really noticing that he’s been gone. Jörgen finances his ...
Style:
realistic, sexual, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, youth, friendship, childhood friend, grownups, best friend, small town, summer, relocation, society, burglary, skinny dipping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1983, Oliver Nicholas, at thirteen, is well-poised to enter the precocious teenage world of first-sex, vodka and possible-love in New York City when he is traumatized by the stroke of his housekeeper (and only true maternal figure), a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, humorous, sexual ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, nanny, friendship between boys, stroke, dysfunctional family, society, survival, betrayal, parents and children, family life, family relations ...
Time:
year 1983, 21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A nearly sightless boy is sent to a school for blind children, where he secretly discovers the possibilities of the recorded sound.
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, touching, educational ...
Plot:
boy, disability, hopes, blind character, coming of age, against the odds, friendship, follow your dream, rebellion, fighting the system, society, rebelliousness ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe, tuscany
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Josh is an ordinary teen living in an ordinary suburb. One morning he finds his friend's dead body. Next, he discovers that three more friends also have killed themselves, leaving him out of their pact. As the sole survivor, Josh becomes more ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, life is a bitch, youth, lifestyle, family relations, parents and children, sex scene, making love, depression, friendship, loneliness, estrangement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Keeping to himself in the wake his father's death, James Charm finds refuge in solitary walks and creating morbid sketches — until a charismatic new friend and a quirky young woman begin to draw him out of his shell.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
boy, teenage boy, therapist, teenage life, mother son relationship, family relations, self discovery, coming of age, youth, single parent, problem, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A 14-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother, in Finnish master Pirjo Honkasalo’s gorgeously stylized and emotionally devastating work about what we pass on to younger ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, stylized, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
coming of age, naked man, brother brother relationship, male nudity, siblings relations, realism, family problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, urban ghetto, family relations, protecting from truth ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, helsinki finland, finland
Similarity:
19%
529
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Day breaks on the eighth floor in a suburban neighbourhood of Lisbon and 14-year-old David’s grandfather is still in hospital. Doctors give him only a few days to live. The imminence of death and the void that it will leave force David to become ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, sincere, touching, contemplative, light
Plot:
boy, family relations, school, best friend, girl, teenage boy, half sister, mother son relationship, boyhood, little boy, hospital, stepfather ...
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested ...
Style:
erotic, grindhouse, independent film, manga, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, nude bathing, anti communist, family relations, children, young love, making love, communism, traumatic childhood, politics, youth, boy ...
Time:
1950s, year 1985, 50s, 20th century
Place:
bosnia, serbia, eastern europe, europe, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Although he is only ten years old, Jack is responsible for himself and his little brother Manuel and this fills him with pride. Their single mother works during the day and often goes out at night. There’s no father in sight. One day, Manuel burns ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, touching, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
boy, young heroes, teenage life, youth, self discovery, brother brother relationship, child as adult, child care, coming of age, family relations, life turned upside down, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Establishing a bleak village in Eastern Turkey as its setting, Sivas features the story of Aslan, an eleven-year-old boy, and Sivas, a weathered fighting dog who develop a strong relationship after Aslan finds Sivas wounded in a ditch, left to die.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
friendship, parents and children, dog, danger, life is a bitch, society, coming of age, child, boy, little boy, pets, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
During a medical examination, 13-year-old Aslan is humiliated in front of a load of his fellow pupils. The incident unleashes his latent personality disorder. Plagued by self-doubt, he strives for cleanliness and perfection and is obsessed with ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, disturbing, gloomy
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
boy, youth, life is a bitch, coming of age, bullying, child murder, social misfits, misfit, vengeance, teenage boy, humiliation, youth gang ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
kazakhstan, asia
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Duct tape, electrical cables, trigger, explosives. Sebbe never planned to build a bomb. It just happened. Sebbe is 15 years old and lives with his mother in an apartment that is too narrow. He does his best. He never strikes back. Sebbe loves his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
losing-it hero, single parent, coming of age, teenage boy, introspection, teenage life, bullying, youth, society, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Alejandro, a tough and ambitious Latino street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, young Alejandro struggles ...
Style:
touching, bleak, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
street kid, coming of age, pitbull, brother sister relationship, working class, siblings relations, urban ghetto life, teenage life, family relations, kids in trouble, youth, orphan ...
Time:
year 2007, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
"My Father My Lord" is an intimate and deeply disturbing story of the conflict between a father's love and his deep devotion to religion. A respected Orthodox Rabbi dotes on his only son but his religious strictures leave an emotional ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, family problems, rabbi, religions or cults, life is a bitch, introspection, clergy, hopes, society, parents and children, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, israel
Similarity:
18%
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